WRITER

Valentin Vodnik

1758 - 1819

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Valentin Vodnik (3 February 1758 – 8 January 1819) was a Carniolan priest, journalist and poet of Slovene descent. He was active in the late Enlightenment period. He is well known for his contributions in writing materials that lifted the prestige of the Slovene language creating a standard meant to unify the people of Slovene Lands in a single intelligible tongue. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valentin Vodnik has received more than 56,057 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Valentin Vodnik is the 3,632nd most popular writer (up from 3,955th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 65th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Slovene Writer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.33

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Notable Works

Pismenost: ali, Gramatika sa perve shole
1811
Valentina Vodnika izbrani spisi
1890
Vodnikov spomenik
Slovenian literature (Collections), Austrian literature
1859
Pesme sa pokúshino
1965

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Valentin Vodnik ranks 3,632 out of 7,302. Before him are Kurd Lasswitz, Anthony Berkeley Cox, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Vasco Pratolini, and Hansa Jivraj Mehta. After him are François de La Mothe Le Vayer, Andrija Kačić Miošić, Lesches, Johann Heinrich Voss, Aleksey Pisemsky, and Michitsuna's mother.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1758, Valentin Vodnik ranks 28. Before him are Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Jean Joseph Mounier, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, and Agustín de Betancourt. After him are Peter Andreas Heiberg, George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, John Hoppner, John Armstrong Jr., Thomas Picton, and Charles Lee. Among people deceased in 1819, Valentin Vodnik ranks 24. Before him are Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, Abbé Faria, Alexander Tormasov, Johann Peter Beaulieu, Johan David Åkerblad, and John Playfair. After him are Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau, Josepha Weber, John Marshall, Hannah Van Buren, Mary Moser, and Oliver Hazard Perry.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Valentin Vodnik ranks 68 out of 340. Before him are Zlatko Zahovič (1971), Jan Oblak (1993), Janko Prunk (1942), Slavko Avsenik (1929), Miroslav Cerar (1939), and Louis Adamic (1898). After him are Ivo Daneu (1937), Jurij Dalmatin (1547), Oton Župančič (1878), Srečko Kosovel (1904), Berta Ambrož (1944), and Adam Bohorič (1520).

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Among WRITERS In Slovenia

Among writers born in Slovenia, Valentin Vodnik ranks 11. Before him are Sigismund von Herberstein (1486), Drago Jančar (1948), Edvard Kocbek (1904), Constantin von Wurzbach (1818), Stanko Vraz (1810), and Louis Adamic (1898). After him are Oton Župančič (1878), Srečko Kosovel (1904), Adam Bohorič (1520), Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806), Fran Levstik (1831), and Anton Aškerc (1856).

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